president obama in the white house is doing something very different. so the president making this decision today is at least making himself consistent in this regard back in 2007, wolf. >> but he's taking a huge chance right now that he could be embarrassed by the house of representatives, maybe even the senate, if they vote against authorization. let's bring in dana bash, our chief congressional correspondent. first of all, dana, is there any indication that congress will come back next week, come back early? because they're scheduled to come back monday, september 9. >> reporter: the short answer is yes, it is possible, and that is information that i was just getting from sources on the democratic side of the senate, of course, democrats run the senate, that they are considering bringing back the senate before the scheduled return date, which is september 9. nothing has been decided yet. the house side, which of course is run by republicans, i was just in touch with a member of the republican leadership who said that the plan is still to wait until s